On 25.11.2014 18:25, Simo Sorce wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:05:59 +0000 (UTC) > P J P <pj.pandit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> On Tuesday, 25 November 2014 10:00 PM, Gabriel Ramirez wrote: >>> I have a server which only runs several VM's with specific >>> services, no need user accounts in the host or in the VM's, >>> >>> so you propose when I reiinstall any of them create a user account >>> in each of them, that will cause boot the first time change to >>> permit root login and delete the *forced* user account >>> >>> and the server is hosted remotely, so if anything is wrong with it >>> I can only access via ssh so this *feature change* is no simple, >> >> >> True, it is complex. >> >> Maybe we could have an option in firstboot(and other such places) by >> which user can override the default non-root account creation. Ie. >> Say a user is prompted to create non-root user account; He/she can >> choose to override it and not create one. In such workflow, he/she is >> warned about the possible lockout situation and duly advised to >> explicitly enable remote root login in sshd_config(5). >> >> (Just a thought) > > If the user is not created you do not change the sshd_config defaults > and let root log in. > Simple, and does not break current kickstarts. +1 This is a good idea. I maintain a lot of throw-away VMs which are installed automatically and creating yet another local account just to make someone happy would be really annoying. -- Petr^2 Spacek -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
